Chapter 3

The king was the one who summoned her. Via a tale he heard from different folks and nobles. They said a woman of great beauty and wisdom resided in the neighboring kingdoms.

One as old as time itself, one as wise as the wizards of old. It was said she held the wisdom of many decades, living and surviving through each time.

Everything except the last one was true. She indeed was wise, she indeed was old though her body didn't say so.

She indeed held the wisdom of many decades. But actually surviving? No. She was forced to die several times in the hands of corrupt humans.

She died and died more times than she could process everything. Worse of all, she was made to forget who killed her.

She only remembered how she died — burned, beheaded, torn, and more. But she never remembered where or who did it.

Perhaps it was for the best. She would have probably massacred everyone. Though I personally think they deserve it.

Except for the innocent ones of course.

"Ah, the Fair Starborne Mage." The king greeted with a large grin as he stood up from his throne, seeing his general and the mage side-by-side while the rest of the knights stood behind.

"This Starborne greets the Royal Majesty of Avenell. It is certainly my pleasure to meet you again." She said with an enchanting smile, making the smile on the king's lips falter for a second.

The general noticed the slight falter, glancing over to the woman suspiciously. She seemed pretty normal.

Perhaps it wasn't her but the king's own lust. With that, the general quickly remembered something.

Removing his cape, he wrapped it around the woman who seemed confused for a second before remembering.

Right. Just because she wasn't human doesn't mean she didn't look human and could go without clothes.

She gave a silent nod to the general as she bowed. "Ah, forgive my improper conduct. I'm not used to living as a human much."

"No worries!" The king laughed loudly. The woman seemed to have a piece of her memory replayed. Deja vu?

The laughter was certainly familiar. But she couldn't remember where she had heard that sound. It just sounded...

"As my general has told you, I summoned you to help my kingdom. You see, we're in a bit of trouble due to the monsters attacking the border."

"And the number of mages that are attack based are getting lower by the day." The king explained. Well, that made sense.

If you frequently have monsters, how do you expect to have mages? Vespera scoffed slightly, gaining the slight scowl from the general.

"Since His Majesty has sincerely requested for my help, I guess I have no choice but to agree, especially since I was summoned." Vespera said with a smile.

She hated working. Already she had to work to survive for so many centuries, and even now she had to work?

She genuinely felt like strangling the entire human race. Just because she was an immortal didn't mean that she would never get tired.

Sickos.

With that, she left the throne room with the general behind her. "You know, you could have been a bit more respectful, m'lady."

"Say whatever you want, boy. But I'm the one who has the upper hand." She brushed him off without a care as she walked away.

"I'm supposed to be leading you to your room." He informed, trying to hide his displeasure in being called 'boy'. He definitely wasn't young.

"Well, then why are you behind me?" The woman retorted before stopping and pointing to the space in front of her, "go ahead in front and lead the way, boy."

Seems like both of them had something in common after all — the urge to strangle the other.

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